The Conjuring (2013)

The scene starts with a mid-shot of a lady asleep in bed, we can see she looks very comfortable and relaxed. While this shot is happening the non-diegetic sound of someone knocking is very loud, implying that something is about to happen. As this scene is set at night its very dark and gloomy which indicates to the audience that this is a horror film. The camera then flips to a mid-shot of the hallway where we can see the door that someone is looking at, by using a mid-shot it suggests to the audience that they do not want to be positioned close to the door because something is about to happen. During this scene there is no non-diegetic sound used so the audience are able to focus on the action taking place, also it emphases the diegetic sound that is happening. An over the shoulder shot is used twice in this scene when they are going to answer the door, it portrays the fear of the two girls and how they are gradually getting further apart from one another making them more vulnerable. A close up is used of the women’s face when she opens the door to express her facial expressions clearly to the audience, fear. The camera then flips to a high angle close up of the note that is left on the floor saying ‘miss me?’ because this is written on brown crumpled paper with red writing on the audience immediately know that this is bad news. This scene is silent until a very loud thud takes place making the audience, and the characters, jump. While we see a mid-shot of the other girl opening the door non-diegetic sound is used to make this more scary and frightening, the audience are expecting something to happen, as we see the characters reaction before we are shown what is behind the door we have a split second to imagine what we are about to see. A close up is used of the doll to allow the audience to see every detail of its face. This shot lasts about three seconds so the audience can have a good look at it and almost start to scare themselves.
  The non-diegetic sound changes from spooky creepy music to a fierce tone when we see a close up of a man saying ‘there is no such thing as Annabelle’ this allows the audience to be properly introduced to the main characters and establish that this is not set in modern day because of the clothes that they are wearing. We then focus on a lady, who is sat next to him, who also looks fierce which juxtaposes the facial expressions of the other women. After again zooming in on the doll, there is a high angle long shot where we can see that these people talking are sat much higher up suggesting they’re more superior and highly educated. They are all huddled up together suggesting that they are frightened by Annabelle, this is further highlighted by the close up on their faces. The spooky backing music comes back again to finish the scene with a super close up of Annabelle’s face.